adjective / adverb · neutral
southward
UK/ˈsaʊθwəd/US/ˈsaʊθwərd/SOUTH·ward
Band 5-6task2speaking
toward or in the direction of the south
Examples
“The caravan set off southward into the desert.”
“A southward change in currents affected coastal fishing grounds.”
“The highway continues southward for another 100 miles.”
Band 8 sentence
“Climate models predict a gradual southward shift of the species' breeding range.”
Collocations
- southward journey
- southward migration
Word family
southward adj/advsouthwards adv (BrE variant)
Common mistakes
toward south→toward the south / southward
Say it for a higher band
5to the south→6south→7+southward
Synonyms
to the south
Easily confused
southwards
“They moved southwards as the weather turned cold.”
to the south
“Several islands lie to the south of the mainland.”
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